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CVE-2005-3500

Published: Nov 05, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3500
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The tnef_attachment function in tnef.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory exhaustion) via a crafted value in a CAB file that causes ClamAV to repeatedly scan the same block.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.15 (including)0.15 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.20 (including)0.20 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.21 (including)0.21 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.22 (including)0.22 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.23 (including)0.23 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.24 (including)0.24 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.51 (including)0.51 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.52 (including)0.52 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.53 (including)0.53 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.54 (including)0.54 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.60 (including)0.60 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.65 (including)0.65 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.67 (including)0.67 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.68 (including)0.68 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.68.1 (including)0.68.1 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.70 (including)0.70 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.71 (including)0.71 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.72 (including)0.72 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.73 (including)0.73 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.74 (including)0.74 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.75 (including)0.75 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.75.1 (including)0.75.1 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.80 (including)0.80 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.81 (including)0.81 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.82 (including)0.82 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.83 (including)0.83 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.84 (including)0.84 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.85 (including)0.85 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.85.1 (including)0.85.1 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.86 (including)0.86 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.86.1 (including)0.86.1 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.86.2 (including)0.86.2 (including)
ClamavClam_anti-virus0.87 (including)0.87 (including)

References

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